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ItemOn the Relationship Between Science and International Health Policy: Examples from Smallpox and Spina Bifida(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-10-24) Foster, Stanley O.In 1966, Dr. Foster was invited to join the CDCs new Smallpox Eradication Program. His family spent 4 years in Nigeria (1966-1970) and 4 years in Bangladesh (1972-1976) working with national health workers to eradicate smallpox. In 1977, he spent three months living with nomads in Somalia (the last smallpox epidemic country in the world.) In 1975 Dr. Foster confirmed and treated Rahima Banu, who was the last natural occurring case of severe smallpox (Variola Major) in the world.
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ItemThe FCC as Seen from the Inside(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-10-22) Marcus, Michael J.FCC insider Dr. Mike Marcus will examine the nature of the agency as it struggles to keep up with a growing and dynamic industry. The FCC greatly impacts the telecommunications industry in both technical and nontechnical regulation. Working under a 1934 law with a few amendments and the 1946 Administrative Procedures Act for procedural guidance, how does FCC cope with these demands in an increasing polarized Washington? Marcus will also compare FCC to its British counterpart Ofcom, created a few years ago, but with a very different structure.
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ItemLessons from Washington: The Making of U.S. Civilian Space Policy(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-09-27) Braun, Robert D.
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ItemConfessions of an Engineer Turned Policy Maker: How I Survived Five Years of Massachusetts Politics and Returned Safely to Academia(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-04-12) Meyer, Michael D.Professor Meyer will speak on his experience as Director of Transportation Planning and Development for the State of Massachusetts, where as a young professor, he was a political appointee close to the top of a $2 billion organization, and found himself in the middle of a public controversy over Boston’s Southeast expressway. “An engineer who can speak in public becomes a hot commodity,” he says. The talk will indicate why.
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ItemPolitics and Economics: Lessons for Pro-Growth Reforms in a Growth-Starved State(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-02-23) Ries, Christine